Plants Update #5

Last day of summer with my plants😭

Plant Update #4

In my cup with compost a mushroom grew!

Plant Update #3

Had to take me plants camping with me.

Plant Update #2

Compost fertilizer is winning for the most sprouts with a total of 7! In second place is the epsom salt fertilizer with a total of 2 (somehow one disappeared). Leaving no fertilizer in the dust with just 1 lone sprout. All the plants are starting to grow more leaves, they started with 2 and some now have up to 8!

top-epsom salt; middle-no fertilizer; bottom-compost

A Reptile

A Reptile: is a cold-blooded vertebrate.

I took a picture with this snake because snakes are cold-blooded.

A Bird

A Bird: is a warm-blooded animal that lays eggs and has feathers and wings.

I took a picture with this cute parrot at the pet store.

A Flower

A Flower: is the reproductive structure of a plant.

I took a picture with this plant because it has flowers.

A Fruit

A Fruit: is the edible, and usually sweet, part of a plant.

I took a picture with this banana because it's a fruit and I was hungry.

An Autotroph

An Autotroph: is an organism that makes its own food using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

I took a picture of this bush because it uses photosynthesis to make energy.

An Abiotic Factor

An Abiotic Factor: is the non-living things in an ecosystem.

I attempted to take a picture with the sun because it's an abiotic factor in many ecosystems.

Parasitism

Parasitism: is when a parasite benefits at the expense of it's host.

I took a picture of the mosquito bites on my leg because the mosquito sucked my blood and left me itchy.

A Dicot Leaf

A Dicot Leaf: has net-like veins.

I took a picture with this plant because it's leafs have net-like veins.

A Monocot Leaf

A Monocot Leaf: has parallel veins which results in parallel leafs.

I took a picture with this little palm tree because it has parallel leafs.

Evidence of Cellular Respiration

Cellular Respiration: How heterotrophs make ATP (energy).

I took a picture next to this tree because part of cellular respiration is converting oxygen to carbon dioxide. That happens every time I breathe.

First Sprouts!

I got my first sprouts yesterday (7/21/16)!

Something Made of Cellulose

Cellulose: A fibrous carbohydrate found in some cell walls and algae.

I took a picture with a piece of paper because cellulose is used to make paper.

Geotropism

Geotropism: The growth of a plant in response to gravity.

I took a picture with this bush because even though it's growing on a slope it's still vertical instead of diagonal.

Something Made of Chitin

Chitin: a carbohydrate that is found in some cell walls and the outer coverings of insects.

I took a picture with a fly because it's an insects and insects are covered with chitin.

A Biotic Factor

A Biotic Factor: living organisms in an ecosystem

I took a picture with this aloe vera plant because it is living.

Commensalism

Commensalism: A relationship where one species benefits and the other is not affected.

I took a picture with a spider web on an ice plant. The spider benefits because it has a place to make its home while the plant isn't affected.

A community

A Community: a group of different species in the same location.

I took a picture with an area in my yard that contain a numerous amount of plant species and even some insects.

Something Made of Keratin

Keratin: the structural protein of hair, nails, horns, hoofs, wool, feathers, and the outermost layers of skin.

In this picture I am pointing out my hair because it is made of keratin.

An Animal Dispersed Seed

 An Animal Dispersed Seed: a seed that's spread by an animal.

I took a picture with a strawberry because animals eat strawberries then poop out the seed that then plants more strawberries.

A Population

A Population: Individuals of the same species that live together.

I took a picture with my family because we populate our house.

A Wind-Dispersed Seed

A Wind-Dispersed Seed: was carried by the wind then eventually landing and planting itself.

I took a picture with a bear-grass bush. This bush are primarily planted because of wind-dispersed seeds.

Evidence of decomposition

Decomposition: the process of breaking down organic material.

I took a picture with a log the was decomposing.

Growth Rings

Growth Rings: a layer of wood formed around a plant in a period of time

I took a picture with a tree stump in my front yard that has growth rings.

Mutualism

Mutualism: when two organism of a different species benefit from each other. 

I took a picture with a bee the was pollinating a plant  but I didn't want to get to close and get stung. 

A Non-flying Insect

A Non-flying insect: an insect that doesn't fly. All insects are small air-breathing arthropods with a head, thorax, abdomen, and three legs.

In my backyard I have an artichoke plant that has ants on it. I took a picture with the ants.

An Arachnid

An Arachnid: has four segmented legs and a body that is split into two parts (abdomen and cephalothorax).

I took a picture with a spider that was in my moms shower